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these are all headlines from the last two months.

millennials rebelled against religion and now gen z is rebelling against the nihilism that the millennial rebellion left behind.

thought i sat with for a while: 
society is declining because we lost god

realisation: 
we lost structure, and religion provides structure at scale

without it:
– most never replace the structure
– drift in a void of infinite options and no direction
– no rituals, no anchor, no eye above
– end up worshipping lesser gods (consumerism, identity cults, politics)

religion is a proxy for long-term thinking, a scaffold that makes:
– sacrifice mean something
– morality feel seen, even when no one is watching
– chaos survivable

religion is mass orchestration
and most are just noise without a conductor

imagining a world where ai reunites humanity
⟢ /whimsio coded

i think asking questions about a higher power is what got us here in the first place tbh 
we traded feeling for knowledge — but maybe not everything’s meant to be solved

agree — community aspect is critical, especially cos we're in a loneliness epidemic

millennials -> nihilism
gen z -> irony
gen alpha -> absurdism

feels like all of it stems from the same root: 'nothing matters'
but at least gen alpha say 'so what?' and then provide us some italian brainrot

isn't that the same tho, we lost structure because we stopped asking the question about a higher power. left open to imaginary interpretations that are damaging to the psyche, or worse other organised beliefs that don't have our best interests at heart

imo it's quite bullish that gen z have this interest, I'm doubtful it will result in zealous belief and will only bolster community 

it's like humanity is having a software update 

I think this shows in how unserious gen alpha is but not in the same nihilistic tone that millennials have

i think religion or spirituality will def make a comeback, but it wont be w gen z. might take another generation or two https://warpcast.com/zd/0xeee5a42f

yeah agree — i don't think i'm necessarily saying that we need to bring religion back, more so that we need something that unifies us (and i think gen z + religion is an attempt at that)

world computer is my belief system

this is the essence of the critique of postmodernism, and i don't disagree. not sure about where causation lies tho. i think it's probably natural in the evolution of a species